It wants to encourage its existing customers to stop using paper checks, which are expensive to process.

In the modern world of plastic, paper checks are nearly extinct.

Take this quiz to learn why paper checks will likely soon be a thing of the past.

Eina smiled, then left the paper check on the table.

Banks have no way now of reading who the payee is on paper checks and cannot be expected to go into that business.

Money can be withdrawn from the Account to a bank account or a paper check.

He has not written a paper check for any regular expense in nearly that long.

In addition, some States issue an electronic benefit card to participants instead of paper checks or vouchers.

Presley wrote him a brown paper check, but it wasn't enough to keep him out of jail.

Banks would gain tremendous savings as the volume of paper checks fell.